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2025 St. Louis tornado
The 2025 St. Louis tornado was an EF3 tornado that struck St. Louis, Missouri, on May 16, 2025, killing five and causing $1.6 billion in damage.
2025 United States wildfires
The 2025 United States wildfires saw about 77,850 fires, above average in number, with the January Eaton and Palisades Fires in Los Angeles killing 31 people.
2025 Uttarakhand flash flood
The 2025 Uttarakhand flash flood was a catastrophic debris flow that buried Dharali village in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, India, on 5 August 2025, killing at least 61 people and destroying much of the village.
2025–26 Australian bushfire season
The 2025–26 Australian bushfire season was the summer fire season in which fires in several Australian states destroyed hundreds of homes and killed several people, including during a severe January 2026 heatwave in Victoria.
2025–26 Australian region cyclone season
The 2025–26 Australian region cyclone season ran from November 2025 to April 2026, producing 11 cyclones, including the severe Cyclones Narelle and Maila, and about $267 million in insured losses.
2025–26 European windstorm season
The 2025–26 European windstorm season ran from September 2025 to August 2026, a quiet year for the Western group but a record 19 named storms for the Southwest group.
2025–26 South Pacific cyclone season
The 2025–26 South Pacific cyclone season was a below-average La Niña season with only two named storms, Urmil and Vaianu, the fewest on record, tied with 1990–91.
2025–26 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2025–26 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was an above-normal season with 11 named storms and 4 intense cyclones; Gezani devastated Toamasina, Madagascar, in February 2026, killing at least 63 people.
2026 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is the ongoing Atlantic storm season, forecast to be below normal because of El Niño, with 9 named storms through October.
2026 Broad Peak avalanche
The 2026 Broad Peak avalanche was a July 30, 2026 avalanche on Broad Peak, Pakistan, that killed all 10 climbers caught in it, including Nirmal Purja.
2026 Cairngorms wildfire
The 2026 Cairngorms wildfire was a large moorland and forest fire in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, that began on 15 July 2026 and burned for more than a month.
2026 California wildfires
The 2026 California wildfires was a below-average season, with 5,701 fires and 328,950 acres burned by late September 2026, led by the 93,733-acre Bug Fire and the largest wildfire ever recorded in the Channel Islands.
2026 Canadian wildfires
The 2026 Canadian wildfires burned 4,488,158 hectares across 5,420 fires as of September 2026, Canada's third consecutive extreme fire season, with record smoke over the US Midwest and Northeast.
2026 Colombia earthquake
The 2026 Colombia earthquake was a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia on 10 August 2026, killing hundreds and devastating parts of Cali and Pereira.
2026 East Malaysia haze
The 2026 East Malaysia haze was a transboundary air-pollution episode caused by smoke from Indonesian Kalimantan fires, degrading air quality in Sarawak and Sabah and triggering a haze emergency in Serian, Sarawak.
2026 European drought
The 2026 European drought was a continent-scale water shortage driven by scarce precipitation and heatwaves, with 50% of EU and UK territory under drought at its July peak.
2026 European heatwaves
The 2026 European heatwaves were repeated episodes of extreme heat between May and August 2026 that made western Europe's summer the warmest on record, causing at least 35,000 excess deaths.
2026 Flores earthquake
The 2026 Flores earthquake, also called the Nagekeo earthquake, was a magnitude 7.7 quake off Flores, Indonesia, on 15 August 2026 that killed at least 91 people.
2026 in climate change
2026 in climate change centered on implementing prior commitments: the COP31 summit met in Antalya, Türkiye in November 2026, and temperatures were forecast near 1.44 °C above pre-industrial levels.
2026 in paleoentomology
2026 in paleoentomology is a summary of the year's fossil insect research, centered on Myanmar's Kachin amber, amber age revisions, and new infrared and X-ray imaging methods.
2026 in paleontology
2026 in paleontology is a summary of significant fossil discoveries published during 2026, including the Huayuan biota, the Nanotyrannus resolution, and the first diplodocus found outside North America.
2026 in reptile paleontology
2026 in reptile paleontology saw 36 new nonavian dinosaur species named, along with 7 new mosasaurs, while new phylogenetic work resolved turtle origins and removed two long-standing evolutionary firsts.
2026 Indiana floods
The 2026 Indiana floods were riverine and flash floods across Indiana in August and September 2026 that killed 7 people and set White River records.
2026 Indonesia wildfires
The 2026 Indonesia wildfires, known in Indonesia as karhutla, are forest and peatland fires that intensified from April 2026 under a strong El Niño, burning hundreds of thousands of hectares.
2026 Kumamoto earthquake
2026 Kumamoto earthquake (令和８年熊本地震): Mj 7.1 strike-slip quake, July 28, 2026, 16:27, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan; intensity 7 in Uki City and Hikawa Town; rupture on the Hinagu Fault Zone southwest of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake zone.
2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche
The 2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche was a deadly slab avalanche near Castle Peak, California, on February 17, 2026, that killed nine skiers from a guided backcountry group.
2026 Mindanao earthquake
The 2026 Mindanao earthquake was a magnitude 7.8 offshore earthquake that struck Sarangani in the southern Philippines on 8 June 2026, killing at least 92 people and causing local tsunami waves.
2026 Nepal floods
2026 Nepal floods: 26 August 2026 Langtang Lirung avalanche-triggered flash flood down the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli–Narayani (1,453 dead, 5,179 missing) and the 11 October Budhi Gandaki blockage-failure flood; Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading worst hit; $4.7 billion recovery estimate.
2026 North American heat wave
The 2026 North American heat wave was a succession of heat episodes across the United States and Canada that produced the warmest American summer in 132 years of records.
2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season is the annual cyclone period in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, with no named cyclones forming through mid-August 2026.